Chasing Time

“Next, we have the most noble recipient of the Order of the Garter, the Grand Cross of Saint Michael and Saint George, the Grand Cross of the Bath, the Victoria Cross and the lower grades of Knighthood, the leader of the anti-colonial movement, the bell-ringer of the East India Company, the hero of the Crimean War, a Fellow of the Royal Society, a lifelong dear friend of literary giants such as Dickens and Great Dumas, a steadfast supporter of scientific luminaries like Faraday and Darwin, having served as assistant under-secretary, deputy under-secretary, and permanent under-secretary in departments of the Home Office and the Navy Department of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the inaugural Cabinet Secretary and head of the civil service, the first graduate and most distinguished alumnus of our school. Please welcome Sir Arthur Hastings to deliver a speech on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the University of London.”
Arthur's gaze swept across the crowd before him, looking at the young faces and murmured, “Agares, what do you think I should say?”
The Red Devil's wraith hovered behind him, saliva almost dribbling from the corner of his mouth, “Look at these ignorant souls; they still worship you as a hero. Why not say something they'd like to hear?”
Arthur took a deep breath and let out a deafening roar, “Oxford is a bunch of whores' bastards!”
“Oh!!!!”
The audience erupted into thunderous applause.
“Cambridge is the same!” he added immediately.
The applause grew even more fervent...
(The protagonist, possessed by a devil, travels through 19th-century Britain in a world without magic)

The Shadow of Great Britain

"After the Westminster Union revealed the cruel retaliatory actions of the Russians following the fall of Warsaw, the Foreign Secretary Viscount Palmerston made another significant statement in the House of Commons regarding the Polish issue,"


Viscount Palmerston: "The current Emperor of Russia is a highly noble-minded person. If on certain occasions the Russian Government has been overly brutal to the Poles, we might consider this a proof that the Emperor's authority was overlooked. In those instances, the Emperor was influenced by some autocrats within the court, not by his own volitions. Moreover, the Poles should have sought a more appropriate solution before matters escalated to military conflicts instead of choosing to overthrow the Emperor. I might even go as far as to say that the Poles were the aggressors, as they were the ones who initiated the struggle."


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